Any guess on nearly all my games coming up with a black screen and getting stuck?

[boed]

Hello,

I've been setting up most computers the same way for years but something is different with my latest build. I had to replace an i7-8700k as the motherboard went bad.

I just did a fresh install new hard drive of Windows 11 24H2 on a new system with a Ryzen 7 9700x on an aurus 870e motherboard.

I'm re-using my 3080 video card. I did a fresh install of the drivers 566.36 - same as I was running on my intel i7-8700k.

I can get some games to run such as Battlefield 1 but Battlefield V, Battlefield Vietnam, BIoshock just came up with black screens. I tried adjusting my resolution, uninstalling,, making sure the folders didn't exist and reinstalling with the same results. I don't want to waste time installing more games until I get this resolved.

Any guesses?

 

[Stg-Flame]

Sounds like it's not detecting the GPU and is possibly running off the on-board chipset. Are you able to verify that the GPU is being detected?

 

[CropDuster]

And simple but make sure your display is plugged into the GPU. Easy to accidentally plug HDMI into the motherboard's port when you're plugging in everything else.

 

[boed]

I have two displays - both plugged into my GPU. I've discovered if I press alt-tab the second it starts, I can sometimes alt-tab back and run the game. Sometimes it shows up windowed - sometimes I can switch it to full screen, most of the time I can't it goes black again. BIoshock 1 opens reliably now but bioshock 2 is my current issue. I uninstalled and wiped out the directories and any user profile directories I had so they are clean installs - I hadn't modified the defaults on either of them.

 

[boed]

OK - I've got bioshock 2 done just a couple dozen more to go!
-Disabling "full screen optimisations" in the EXEs Compatibility tab
-Setting high DPI scaling override to "Application" in the Compatibility tab > High DPI settings.
-Starting the game in a low windowed resolution then opening it to a lower resolution than my screen but full screen, Then switching it to full screen at full resolution - opened up next time full screen right resolution!

 

[boed]

OK - Bioshock infinit was kicking my ass until I tried
-Disabling "full screen optimisations" in the EXEs Compatibility tab
-Setting high DPI scaling override to "Application" in the Compatibility tab > High DPI settings.
-Starting the game in a low windowed resolution then opening it to a lower resolution than my screen but full screen, Then switching it to full screen at full resolution. Did NOT open up the next time - got the black screen.
I then tried the same but with the second monitor turned off - BINGO - it worked!

I have one monitor HDMI and the other DP - I try putting them both on the same type of connector.

Just thought I'd share any solutions I stumble accross.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Something I have done with the last 50+ builds is immediately install - https://www.techpowerup.com/download/visual-c-redistributable-runtime-package-all-in-one/

Solves mucho problems with old games.

BF 1 and 5 run amazing on my 7800X3D+7900XTX. Same with the Bioshock games. In fact, I have not had an old game be broken or weird yet.

 

[boed]

Thanks - just tried that - same issue.
I just loaded bulletstorm - full screen black - windowed works fine.

 

[boed]

OK - big step forward - Not sure how many games It will be an issue for but my old monitors were 2560x1440 - my new ones are 2560x1600 - if the game has that old setting I get the black screen. Bulletstorm is working now!

 

[DaaQ]

Hello,

I've been setting up most computers the same way for years but something is different with my latest build. I had to replace an i7-8700k as the motherboard went bad.

I just did a fresh install new hard drive of Windows 11 24H2 on a new system with a Ryzen 7 9700x on an aurus 870e motherboard.

I'm re-using my 3080 video card. I did a fresh install of the drivers 566.36 - same as I was running on my intel i7-8700k.

I can get some games to run such as Battlefield 1 but Battlefield V, Battlefield Vietnam, BIoshock just came up with black screens. I tried adjusting my resolution, uninstalling,, making sure the folders didn't exist and reinstalling with the same results. I don't want to waste time installing more games until I get this resolved.

Any guesses?

GN did a video touching on this affecting 3/4/5 series, try switching monitor DP cables around. Seems to be the main fault that the driver is assigning wrong main monitor. Something to that effect.